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Should I ship a Dragon Board Game?
Board Game + Dragons
Only 15 developers shipped a Dragon Board Game in the last 2 years, too few for firm odds: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.; the top game by est. revenue, Clank!, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 15 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $840, ×1.3 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $50. Revenue is up 155% on the market; 15 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $838 (exactly $838) |
| Top 25% | $82k (exactly $81,559) |
| Top 5% | $374k (exactly $373,817) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 43 |
| Announced | 15 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
momentum: how a niche's revenue percentiles and developer count moved between two equal, adjacent periods, divided by the market's own move. See method., 12 months: revenue up 155% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 23%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Board Game
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
- Dragons
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Board Game; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Tabletop, Turn-Based Strategy
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 1,316 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 6 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 15 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Board Game with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Asynchronous MultiplayerFair
- + JRPGFair
- + Local Co-OpFair
- + Female ProtagonistFair
- + HistoricalFair
- + LGBTQ+Fair
- + SpaceFair
- + Alternate HistoryFair
- + MahjongFair
- + Party GameFair
- + DogsFair
Comparable games
Munchkin Digital 2023 · $608k 
Clank! 2024 · $374k 
Erannorth Chronicles 2021 · $256k 
Talisman: Digital 5th Edition 2024 · $204k 
Feed the Scorchpot 2026 · $167k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Munchkin Digital | older | $14.99 | 1,352 76% | 41k | $608k (exactly $607,994) | Dire Wolf |
| | Clank! | $22.99 | 542 92% | 16k | $374k (exactly $373,817) | Dire Wolf | |
| | Erannorth Chronicles | older | $20.99 | 407 85% | 12k | $256k (exactly $256,288) | Spyridon Thalassinos |
| | Talisman: Digital 5th Edition | $29.99 | 227 70% | 6.8k | $204k (exactly $204,232) | Nomad Games | |
| | Feed the Scorchpot | $14.99 | 371 87% | 11k | $167k (exactly $166,839) | Moravian | |
 | Kyvir: Rebirth | · EA older | $7.99 | 361 76% | 11k | $87k (exactly $86,532) | Dawnblaze Entertainment |
 | Dark Quest 4 | $19.99 | 136 75% | 4.1k | $82k (exactly $81,559) | Brain Seal Ltd | |
 | Tatsu | older | $9.99 | 34 73% | 1.0k | $10k (exactly $10,190) | BlueLine Games |
 | King of Tokyo - Richard Garfield | $19.99 | 16 68% | 480 | $9.6k (exactly $9,595) | Breakfirst | |
 | A Token War | older | $12.99 | 16 81% | 480 | $6.2k (exactly $6,235) | UpRoom Games |
 | Dragon Inn | $9.99 | 9 100% | 270 | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) | Nordexa | |
 | Disc Dungeon | $9.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Fire Titan Games | |
 | Nightmare Mines | $3.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $838 (exactly $838) | DreamSmith | |
 | CHESST | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | ANCIENT MOAI COOPERATIVE | |
 | Queendom | $1.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | Jellyfish Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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